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The Grand Turk
Turkey Mulls Permit For Incursions In Syria, Iraq
2014-10-01
[Ynet] Turkey's parliament will vote on a motion that would allow foreign forces as well as Turkish soldiers to make incursions into Syria and Iraq from its territory, Turkey's deputy prime minister said Tuesday.
Golly, it sure looks like President Erdogan is slow walking actual action against ISIS. Whyever do you suppose that is?
Parliament is scheduled to renew mandates Thursday that authorize Turkey's military to carry out operations in Syria and Iraq. The existing mandates enable Turkey's military to cross the border to counter threats to Turkey from Kurdish rebels fighting Ankara from bases in Iraq or to make incursions into Syria in the event of threats from Syrian Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneck al-Assad
Supressor of the Damascenes...
's regime.

Arinc said the new permit would merge the two separate mandates for Syria and Iraq, expand the scope to include threats posed by the Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems....
group and also allow the use of Turkey's territory by foreign troops.

"We have prepared a text that comprises all risks and counter measures," Arinc told news hounds, without providing further details.
Posted by:trailing wife

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Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2014-10-01 12:33  

#1  Out of NATO... NOW !
Posted by: Besoeker   2014-10-01 04:04  

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